TWO MODELS OF AMAZON PARROTS Meissen, models c. 1741 by J. J. Kändler. As counterparts, models of the "medium variety". The modelled branch bases applied with leaves, one base with green heightening. Coloured in bright tones of blue, red, green and yellow. One model with traces of a blue sword mark on the unglazed underside (and inventory number 127 in black), the other model with impressed mark 57. H 14 cm. Kändler's work report in October 1741: "7. Einen Neuen Pappagoy mittlere Sorte in Thon poussiret welcher gegen den schon im Waaren Laager befindl. Pappagoy siehet.” (Pietsch 2002, p. 83). Comparable works: Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no. 1974.356.376); M. Kunze-Köllensperger, Sammlung Guttmann, VII, 1999, p. 85, no.95,96; M. Röbbig, Farbensprühende Kostbarkeiten. Die Papageien, in: Kabinettstücke, 2006, p. 109-143, cat. no. 15, 17. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.